Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0089168
LSYF – SOUTH, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VA0089168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LSYF – SOUTH, held by LYON SHIPYARD (SEALIFT), holds NPDES permit VA0089168, which discharges to Eastern Branch Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued February 15, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LSYF – SOUTH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LYON SHIPYARD (SEALIFT) |
| NPDES ID | VA0089168 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 15, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Norfolk, VA 23523 |
| Receiving water | Eastern Branch Elizabeth River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Eastern Branch Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080204) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VAD988166443; ICIS-AIR source VA0000005171000251 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TU Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 880% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0089168.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.